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anathema (lemmy.world)

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anathema (plural anathemas or anathemata)

(ecclesiastical, historical) A ban or curse pronounced with religious solemnity by ecclesiastical authority, often accompanied by excommunication; something denounced as accursed. [from early 17th c.]
Synonyms: ban, curse
(by extension) Something which is vehemently disliked by somebody.
Synonyms: antipathy, bête noire, bugbear
(literary) An imprecation; a curse; a malediction.
(ecclesiastical) Any person or thing anathematized, or cursed by ecclesiastical authority to unending punishment.

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